In Deskrawl: Idle ARPG, managing your incoming equipment is the key to maintaining an uninterrupted idle run. Because your carriage and inventory can fill up rapidly while clearing stages, knowing how to quickly sell junk items, automate your bag management, and safely trade high-end drops makes a massive difference in your gold income and progression speed.
Here is a complete breakdown of every method available to sell loot in Deskrawl, how to set up automated selling, and how player trading works.
Selling Loot to Town Vendors
The primary way to convert unwanted gear into gold is by visiting town shops. In your hub base, merchants like the general merchant (Grandma) allow you to offload gear manually or in bulk.
Manual and Bulk Selling
When interacting with an NPC shop:
- Individual Sales: Right-click an item in your 40-slot inventory to sell the entire stack for its designated sell value in gold.
- Bulk Sell Button: The shop interface includes a bulk Sell button. You can configure toggles for equipment and consumables across Common, Uncommon, and Rare rarities. Clicking the button immediately sells all unlocked items that match your active toggles. The game remembers your toggle preferences between visits.
- Safety Safeguards: The bulk Sell button will never sell Legendary, Divine, Rune Set, or higher-tier equipment. Furthermore, if you attempt to manually sell a valuable tradable item, the game displays a confirmation prompt: "This is a valuable tradable item. Sell it anyway?"
Buyback System
Introduced in Patch 0.1.9, town vendors feature a shared Buyback tab that preserves the last 8 items you sold. If you accidentally sell a useful item or mount, you can right-click it in the Buyback list to repurchase it for the exact gold amount you received, provided you have sufficient gold and inventory space. Once newer sales push the list past 8 items, the oldest sold item is permanently lost.
Locking and Destroying Unwanted Items
To protect your gear from accidental sales or salvaging:
- Hover over any item in your inventory, equipment screen, or 250-slot town storage chest and press L to toggle its locked status. Locked items are bypassed by shop bulk-sell functions and require explicit confirmation to sell or salvage.
- If your inventory is completely full and you cannot reach an NPC, dragging an item completely out of the game window destroys the entire stack.
| Action | Control / Trigger | Protection / Confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Sell Single Item | Right-click item while shop window is open | Confirmation prompt if item is locked or marked tradable |
| Bulk Sell by Rarity | Click "Sell" button in shop UI | Limited to Common, Uncommon, Rare; skips locked items |
| Buyback Item | Right-click item in vendor Buyback tab | Holds last 8 sold items across all town shops |
| Lock / Protect Item | Press L over item in inventory or storage | Displays "Mark as Locked"; prevents accidental vendor sales |
| Destroy Item | Drag item outside of inventory windows | Immediate for junk; prompt appears for locked or rare items |
Setting Up Auto-Sell and Carriage Filters
Running Deskrawl in the background requires automated bag filtering so low-tier drops do not choke your storage cart. Loot collected during a run is stored inside your minion's carriage before it reaches your personal inventory.
Carriage Loot Filters
Under your minion or carriage combat settings, you can customize your item filter:
- Open the cart/combat settings menu.
- Adjust the loot pickup filter so that the minion completely ignores white (Common) or green (Uncommon) gear if you do not want to collect them.
- Toggle the Automatic Sale option for specific rarities. When enabled, low-tier equipment like Common or Uncommon gear converts automatically into gold upon dropping or when offloaded.
Life Skills Automation
As revealed in Patch V0.1.10, the Life Skills talent tree offers dedicated progression nodes that streamline idle farming. Investing gold into your Life Skills unlocks perks such as:
- Increased carriage item capacity to store more drops per run.
- Automated dumping from the carriage into your main inventory when the cart becomes full.
- Automated selling of loot when dropping off loot.
Selling Gear on the Steam Market and Auction House
Beyond town vendors, certain rare drops can be sold to other players through the Steam Community Market and in-game Auction House.
Online vs. Offline Character Requirement
To participate in player trading, you must create your character under Online Mode. Offline or single-player saves run entirely locally and cannot access the marketplace or list items for Steam Wallet credit.
What Items Can Be Sold to Players?
Standard common, rare, and early-game legendary gear cannot be placed on the player marketplace; those items are strictly meant for vendor gold, upgrading at the blacksmith, or dismantling for materials. According to official game descriptions and high-level testing, the marketplace supports:
- Minion Reins: Boss-dropped mount items (such as the Bloodmoon Werewolf Reins or rare raptors) can be listed on the Steam Market.
- Endgame Gear: Black Mist and Divine tier equipment, which unlock at level 70 once players access Nightmare, Hell, or Inferno difficulties.
- Crafting Materials: Select high-tier trade materials.
The town Auction House can be opened with gold.
Troubleshooting Full Bags and Town Ground Drops
A known issue reported by players occurs when your carriage, character inventory, and town storage chest are all 100% full upon returning to town. In this scenario:
- The carriage may drop excess items onto the town floor.
- If you attempt to fast travel or leave town while items are on the ground, the game may trigger a warning stating: "to avoid losing items, collect items on the ground before traveling."
- Resolution: If the game blocks you from traveling, do not abandon the character. Walk directly to the general merchant to sell unwanted gear, salvage items at the blacksmith, or drag redundant common gear out of your bag to destroy it, freeing up space to pick up the dropped floor items.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can I sell items while away from town?
Yes, if you configure the automatic sale toggle in your carriage settings. Your character will automatically convert Common and Uncommon drops directly into gold during the run without requiring manual vendor visits.
How do I recover an item I sold by mistake?
Open any town vendor and navigate to the Buyback list. You can repurchase any of your last 8 sold items for the exact price you sold them for.
Does the shop Sell button destroy my Legendary or Divine equipment?
No. The vendor bulk Sell button only targets Common, Uncommon, and Rare equipment and consumables. Legendary, Divine, and Rune Set items are never sold automatically by this feature.
